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Effects of a work-related stress model based mental health promotion program on job stress, stress reactions and coping profiles of women workers: a control groups study

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Ornek, Ozlem Koseoglu, Esin, Melek Nihal·2020·BMC Public Health
DOI 10.1186/s12889-020-09769-0PMC PMC7641806
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BACKGROUND: Work-related stress and its detrimental effects on human health have rapidly increased during the past several years. It causes many different stress reactions, related diseases and unhealthy behavior among workers, but especially women workers. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of the work-related stress model based Workplace Mental Health Promotion Programme on the job stress, social support, reactions, salivary immunoglobulin A and Cortisol levels, work absenteeism, job performance and coping profiles of women workers. METHODS: This study had a "pre-test post-test non-equivalent control groups" design and included 70 women workers (35 in each study group) selected by randomized sampling from two factories. The programme was delivered as an intervention including 12 weeks of follow-up. Reminder messages, videos, and WhatsApp texts were used at the follow-up stage. The research measurements were; the assessment form, the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire, the Brief Coping Profile Scale, salivary ELISA kits, and a self-reported check-list. RESULTS: > .14). CONCLUSIONS: Work-ProMentH was found to be effective and useful in job stress management and promotion of effective coping profiles. It enables its users to holistically assess worker stress and to plan and examine intervention programmes via a systematic approach. There is a need for more empirical studies that may support the data of the present study, but it is thought that the intervention can be maintained for the long-term. We recommend that occupational health professionals at workplaces should consider using this model-based cost-effective intervention, which seems easy and practical to apply in real-life situations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN registration ID: ISRCTN14333710 (2020/10/03, retrospective registration).

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  • Ergonomics plays a determining role in reducing musculoskeletal injuries and improving work performance.

    “Los resultados de esta revisión confirman que la ergonomía desempeña un papel determinante en la reducción de lesiones musculoesqueléticas y en la mejora del rendimiento laboral [1], [36].”

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    The Discussion (page not available) reports that a stress-management programme improved job performance and reduced physical stress reactions among women textile workers. The Methods describe stress-management training and relaxation exercises, not an ergonomics intervention; the paper does not report a reduction in musculoskeletal injuries. It therefore supports the work-performance part, but not the claim about ergonomics preventing those injuries. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Ornek, O. K., & Esin, M. N.
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Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
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BMC Public Health
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2020-11-04
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
1658-1658
ISSN
1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s12889-020-09769-0
PMC
PMC7641806
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W3096254935
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
Keywords
occupational stress, mental health promotion, women's employment, coping profiles, salivary IgA, cortisol, social support, absenteeism, employee performance, workplace interventions, WhatsApp reminders, industrial workers
MeSH terms
Absenteeism, Occupational Stress, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Immunoglobulin A, Male, Mental Health, Pain, Surveys and Questionnaires, Retrospective Studies, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Women, Working, Program Evaluation, Occupational Health, Workplace, Control Groups, Young Adult, Manufacturing Industry

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